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Woody Allen, “Apropros of Nothing”: “I’m eighty-four; my life is almost half over.. .”
Woody Allen's autobiography, Apropros of Nothing, is full of pithy bon mots, good humor, and unfailing generosity toward the actors and other professionals he has worked with. His self-deprecating humor is natural to him,…
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Kent Johnson on Ashbery, BAP, and Poetry Re-education Camps
From “Because of Poetry” / by John Bradley A sort of review in Sulfur of the irrepressible Kent Johnson’s defiant new book of poems:Because of Poetry I Have a Really Big House (Shearsman Books, $18.00) <<“Say,…
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from “Grand & Ogden Auto Parts” [by Mitch Sisskind]
Norby I got Norby in my office, I said, 'Norby, 'I have an idea, you go out to California 'For three or four months, whatever, 'Six months, go out to California and 'We'll stay…
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Two Dozen Reasons to Make Dinner [by Adrienne Su]
Twelve Ways Cooking Is Empowering: When you look into the refrigerator at what used to elicit a wail of “there’s nothing to eat,” you see the makings of a frittata, pizza, or fried rice.…
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Pictures from an Institution (The Columbia Review reunion of 2005)
from the reunion of Columbia Review editors and writers organized in spring 2005 by Les Gottesman: on top, left to right, John Hollander, Richard Howard, David Lehman; below, Rika Lesser (blurred), David Lehman, Paul…
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The Two Kinds of Poets [by Adrienne Su]
I have an informal, untested theory that when it comes to sustenance while writing, there are two kinds of poets: coffee poets and food poets. Coffee poets (who in some cases could be considered…
